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C. B. $NELL BLOOMERS Filed Sept. 30. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 glwuentoc CHARLES B. SNELL Patented Dec. 13, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES B. SNELL, 0F FORT PLAIN, NEW YORK.

BLOOMERS.

Application filed September 30, 1926. Serial No. 138,693.

This invention relates specifically to improvements in bloomers, although from certain aspects the invention may be readily employed in connection with other garments. 7

One of the principal objects of this invention is to provide bloomers having a waist portion, and expansible and contractible portions arranged so as to permit the garment to readily fit waists of different sizes.

Another important object is to provide a waist band for bloomers in which the elastic portion is disposed entirely in the rear and the inelastic portion is disposed entirely in the front of the garment, the inelastic front portion being of a sufficient width and construction to insure a relatively wide and flat waist band portion in the front of the garment.

With these and other objects in view which will more fully appear and the nature of the invention will be more clearly understood by following the description, the appended claims, and the several views illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the bloom-.

I of the waist band and its relation to the elastic rear portion of the waist band.

Figure 4 is' an enlarged detailed sectional view taken on the line 4.-4 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is an enlarged detailed cross sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. ure 1, and

Figure 6 is an enlarged detailed sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 2.

7 Like numerals designate corresponding arts throughout the several figures of the awings- I In the specific form of my invention, as shown in the accompanying drawings, A indicates the bloomers which are formed with leg. portions and a waist portion. These bloomers are formed by a pair of front sections 10-11, and a pair of rear sections 12-13,' these sections extending from the bottoms of the leg rtions to the top of the waist band. The iant sections 10-11 are joined by the front trunk seam 14 and the rear sections 12-13 are joined by the rear trunk seam"15. The front sections 10 and 11 when joined by the seam 14 form the front portion of the bloomers, andthe rear sections 12 and 13 when joined by the seam 15 form the rear portion of the bloomers. The front portion and the rear portion are joined by outseams 1617. The front and rear sections 10 and 13 form one side portion of the garment and the front and rear sections 11 and 12 form the other side portion, said portions being joined by the front and rear trunk seams 14 and 15.

In order to render the rear portion of the waist band elastic, I have inserted an elastic band 18 within a hemfold 19, formed by' the body fabric of thebloomers. This hemfold extends across the'top of the rear por- 'tion of the waist from one outseam to the other and the ends of the tape are permanently attached to the body fabric by bar than the normal length of the rear portion of the waist, and consequently the hemfold 19 and the body fabric adjacent thereto will normally have a gathered effect, and permit of the rear portion of the waist being extended to the full *limit of the normal width of the body fabric.

In order to" provide a relatively wide and flat inelastic front portion to thewaist band, I have secured a facing strip 22 to the body fabric. This facing strip extends across the front portion of the bloomers and parallels the upper edge of said front portion. The facing strip has its longitudinal edges secured to the front bbdy portion of the garment and has its ends secured to the garment by the outseams 16 and 17 An interlining 23, which is co-extensive with the facing strip, is disposed between the facing strip and the body fabric forming the front portion of the garment. A binding 24 embraces the upper edges of the facing strip 22, interlining 23, and the body fabric forming the front portion of the garment, and this binding is secured to said parts by a line of ornamental stitches 25, which also serve to cover the edges of the binding. The ends of the binding 24 are joined with the hemfold 19 by means of the outseams 16 and 17 as well as by the cross bar stitching 20 and 21. A binding 26 embraces the lower edges of the facing strip 22 and the serve to cover the edges of the binding.

interlining 23 and is secured thereto by a line of ornamental stitches 27, which ails; line of stitches 28 passes through the binding 26, facing 22, inter-lining 2-3, and the front body portion of the garment and serves to secure the parts together. The ends of the facing strip 22, interlining 23, and binding 26 are secured to the garment by the outseams 16 and 17.

Specifically, the facing strip 22, the interlining 23, and the binding 26, are formed of two sections which are joined by the front trunk seam 14, the respective sections being previously secured to the front sections 10 and 11 of the bloomers by the lines of stitches 28. The binding 24 is, however, formed of one-piece and extends across the front trunk seam 14, as clearly shown in Figure 1.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided a waistband construction which is especially adapted for use in bloomers, although adapted for other garments, in which an elastic rear portion is provided, as in also a relatively wide and at inelastic front portion, and that the construction of said front portion of the waist band is such as to form in effect a reinforced construction to retain the front portion of the waist band' from stretching.

Itis of course to be understood that the details of structure and arrangement of parts may be variously changed and modified Without'departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

I claim:

1. A garment including a Waist portion, the rear part of the Waist portion being pro vided with an elastic portion and the front part of the waist portion being formed with a flat inelastic portion consisting of the body fabric of the waist portion and a facing strip extending across the front of the waist portion, an interlining co-extensive with the facing strip, a binding embracing and secured to the upper edges of the body fabric, facing strip, and interlining, and a binding embracing the lower edges of the facing strip and interlining and secured to the body fabric.

2. A bifurcated garment comprising side portions joined together by inseams and front and rear trunk seams, the latter extendin to the upper edge of the waist ortion, acing strips respectively secure to the front faces of the side sections and ex tending parallel with the upper edge of the waist portion, the meeting edges 'of the strips being joined by the front trunk seam, and aninelastic binding embracing the upper edges of the strips and waist portion and extending uninterruptedly across the front trunk seam from one side of the garment to the other.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

CHARLES B. SNELL. 

